Sustainability News

SXSW Environmental Mission Statement

SXSW acknowledges and takes responsibility for its environmental impacts. SXSW will demonstrate leadership in its efforts to integrate principles of environmental sustainability into its organizational practices. By promoting awareness of the environmental impact that our actions have within our corporate culture we hope to find solutions that limit and mitigate the environmental effects of our operations and events.
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For the second consecutive year, SXSW is working with Green Mountain Energy Company to lower the event’s carbon emissions. For every panelist who attends this year’s conference, Green Mountain is offsetting the estimated carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions created by the person’s travel and hotel stay....

Farm Schools are popping up all over the country and now Austin is going to have its very own! Texas has a year-round growing season, and Central Texas is rife with organic farms and communities that support them. It is about time we have a complimentary farm school program and...

Designing better public places is a crucial component of cultivating sustainable development and lifestyles. Place by Design, the SXSW Eco Public Space Design Competition, honors visionary design work that achieves positive community impact through the creation or re-imagining of public spaces....

We're excited to announce the season launch of SXSW Eco 2014, where the urgency of global challenges meets the opportunity for breakthrough innovation. On October 6-8, 2014, an international community of advocates, experts and creatives will meet in Austin for three full days of insightful speakers and sessions, intensive...

Locals can all relate to the nuisance of having to plan their days around avoiding Austin’s atrocious traffic. Austin’s steadily increasing traffic problems are unfortunately growing faster than the development of our traditional public transportation system. But have no fear, the tides are finally changing! The Bike Share Program is...